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Wednesday, April 04, 2012

RED PEPPERS IN APRIL

You’ll remember my earlier post about PEPPERS IN SEPTEMBER, I’m sure!

Whether you do or not, a couple of days ago I was at FOODMAXX and found something even more remarkable!
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Posted by Earl on 04/04 at 10:39 PM
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Thursday, March 15, 2012

HOME-MADE PEPPER JELLY (TIMES TWO)

Not too long ago, I bought a jar of pepper jelly on one of my shopping trips. I finished it last week, and I’ve tried to find another jar every since. I can find different iterations, but only at Safeway and Raley’s, and these sell for between $4.00 and $5.00 for not very much, and I can assure you that I did NOT pay that much for the original little bottle.

So, I decided to make my own - yesterday and today I made two different batches…recipes below.

Both started with chopped peppers, and I decided to try the food processor, which worked marvelously:
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Posted by Earl on 03/15 at 11:02 PM
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MEYER LEMON MARMALADE

I got free lemons from a tree across the fence from church - I’ve been watching it for weeks, and then a friend mentioned that Thor and Matt had made Meyer lemon marmalade, and that galvanized me! I went and talked to the lady who owned the tree, and promised her a jar of marmalade in exchange for free lemons.

The first day I picked about 10 pounds, went home and started the process. First step:
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Squeezing out all the juice….I started with the hand-operated one you can see there, but the first two halves taught me my mistake. So I searched out the attachment for the Kitchen-Aid, and that was less stressful for my hands. Step Two was…..
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Posted by Earl on 03/15 at 12:17 PM
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Wednesday, March 07, 2012

GREEK SPINACH and OURZO SOUP

Yummy soup….and EASY, too - if you make the right choice!

Here’s the recipe:

Posted by Earl on 03/07 at 08:31 PM
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Sunday, February 12, 2012

DUMPLINGS IN BLUEBERRY SAUCE

This is what they looked like in the pan…..I’ll do it differently, next time.
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Posted by Earl on 02/12 at 01:28 PM
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Wednesday, February 08, 2012

GARAGE STORAGE - FOR LIGHTWEIGHT ITEMS

That’s my new storage system—up there on the ceiling (please ignore the rest of it - things are getting better, believe it or not!).

You, too, can get lightweight items out of the way by storing them safely in plastic bins and hanging the bins from the ceiling.

Posted by Earl on 02/08 at 12:06 AM
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Saturday, February 04, 2012

MORE DESSERT…...

We invited friends home for dessert…..after they took us out to eat a a very nice restaurant…..to which we’d given them a gift certificate…....in thanks for her help as our agent in buying our CHICO RETIREMENT HOME.
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So, I made a blueberry crumb cake and some gingerbread pudding cake (in the crockpot). They turned out to be wonderful, and we had a great time sitting around enjoying both, and catching up on a bit of the past 35 years (we were all in college together)!!
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I have not taken photos - did someone say “It wouldn’t make any difference.”? Shame on you!

If you insist on pictures, just go to the sites and have a look.

Here are the recipes, though—that’s the important part, after all.
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Posted by Earl on 02/04 at 08:58 PM
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